One of Coventry’s 18 Peace Gardens is planted within Lady Herbert’s Gardens. Each is dedicated to a country where Coventry has a twin city. Look for the triangular group of a hazel, holly and maple tree, each representing one of … Continue reading →

Also created by Jochen Gerz, the Future Monument is a glass obelisk surrounded by plaques celebrating former enemies that have become friends to Coventry, while a smaller ring of plaques represents many of the different communities to be found in … Continue reading →

The Public Bench by the German artist Jochen Gerz is decorated with plaques celebrating personal friendships, placed on the wall by more than 2000 local people. For information about the sculptor see this page.

Opened in 2003, Millennium Place, outside the Coventry Transport Museum, features artworks concerned with friendship and reconciliation on both a personal and community level.

The city’s main theatre is named in honour of the capital of Serbia, once Yugoslavia, which was twinned with Coventry in 1957 and provided a gift of wood for the interior of the new building. On the building’s street frontage … Continue reading →

Founded in 1344, the medieval St John the Baptist Church has seen much over its long history. The church hosts a copy of a prayer of atonement, from the Black Prince, seeking peace following his battles in France. In the … Continue reading →

At the entrance to the Lower Precinct a decorative plaque on a free-standing plinth commemorates another of Coventry’s friendship links born out of suffering, this time with the Czech village of Lidice, razed to the ground by the Nazis in … Continue reading →

In 1828, in the age of slavery, Aldridge became Manager of the Coventry Theatre – the first black person ever to run a British theatre. His performances and the plays he presented led the city to petition Parliament to abolish … Continue reading →

Near Dresden Place is the Phoenix sculpture. Coventry sculptor George Wagstaffe’s 1962 work is a personal take on the phoenix that symbolises the new city arising from the flames and destruction of the old.

Sited beneath John Piper’s stunning Baptistry window the baptismal font is crafted from a boulder from a hillside near Bethlehem. It was donated in 1960 by the government of Jordan as a gesture towards Muslim, Christian and Jewish cooperation.